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Knowledge of official languages
Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data36 654,825 320,740 334,090 100.0 100.0 100.0
English only 555,235 277,365 277,870 84.8 86.5 83.2
French only 345 165 180 0.1 0.1 0.1
English and French 61,055 27,905 33,150 9.3 8.7 9.9
Neither English nor French 38,195 15,310 22,885 5.8 4.8 6.8
First official language spoken
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data37 654,825 320,740 334,090 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 602,935 298,590 304,340 92.1 93.1 91.1
French 10,485 5,405 5,085 1.6 1.7 1.5
English and French 3,685 1,655 2,030 0.6 0.5 0.6
Neither English nor French 37,725 15,090 22,630 5.8 4.7 6.8
Mother tongue
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data38 654,825 320,740 334,090 100.0 100.0 100.0
Single responses 619,175 303,765 315,405 94.6 94.7 94.4
Official languages 342,060 178,135 163,930 52.2 55.5 49.1
English 332,135 172,950 159,185 50.7 53.9 47.6
French 9,925 5,180 4,745 1.5 1.6 1.4
Non-official languages 277,105 125,635 151,475 42.3 39.2 45.3
Indigenous languages39 295 145 145 0.0 0.0 0.0
Algonquian languages 155 85 75 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blackfoot 10 5 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cree-Innu languages 115 60 50 0.0 0.0 0.0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cree languages 115 60 50 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ililimowin (Moose Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inu Ayimun (Southern East Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iyiyiw-Ayimiwin (Northern East Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nehinawewin (Swampy Cree) 5 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nehiyawewin (Plains Cree) 30 10 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nihithawiwin (Woods Cree) 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 70 40 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Innu (Montagnais) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wolastoqewi (Malecite) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 25 15 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Anicinabemowin (Algonquin) 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ojibway languages 20 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Anishinaabemowin (Chippewa) 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Daawaamwin (Odawa) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saulteau (Western Ojibway) 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ojibway, n.o.s. 15 10 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Athabaskan languages 35 20 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northern Athabaskan languages 35 20 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dakelh (Carrier) 20 10 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dane-zaa (Beaver) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dene, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Deh Gah Ghotie Zhatie (South Slavey) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Satuotine Yati (North Slavey) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tahltan languages 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kaska (Nahani) 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tse'khene (Sekani) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) 10 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsuu T'ina (Sarsi) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wetsuwet'en-Babine 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Haida 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuktut (Inuit) languages 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuktitut 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuktut (Inuit) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oneida 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ktunaxa (Kutenai) 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Michif 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Salish languages 15 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ntlakapamux (Thompson) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Secwepemctsin (Shuswap) 5 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Squamish 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Straits 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Syilx (Okanagan) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Siouan languages 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Assiniboine 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dakota 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsimshian languages 45 25 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 20 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nisga'a 15 10 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsimshian 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wakashan languages 25 5 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Haisla 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heiltsuk 10 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kwak'wala (Kwakiutl) 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indigenous languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indigenous languages, n.o.s. 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Non-Indigenous languages 276,815 125,485 151,330 42.3 39.1 45.3
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,930 2,745 2,185 0.8 0.9 0.7
Berber languages 30 20 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kabyle 15 15 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tamazight 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chadic languages 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hausa 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mina 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coptic 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cushitic languages 240 120 120 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bilen 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oromo 95 50 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Somali 145 65 80 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Semitic languages 4,655 2,600 2,050 0.7 0.8 0.6
Amharic 290 150 140 0.0 0.0 0.0
Arabic 2,965 1,710 1,255 0.5 0.5 0.4
Aramaic languages 85 45 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 45 25 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 35 15 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aramaic, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Harari 5 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hebrew 1,105 600 505 0.2 0.2 0.2
Maltese 15 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tigrigna 190 90 100 0.0 0.0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 12,140 5,385 6,755 1.9 1.7 2.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 230 100 130 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vietnamese 11,870 5,265 6,610 1.8 1.6 2.0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 40 20 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austronesian languages 24,020 9,625 14,395 3.7 3.0 4.3
Bikol 110 40 70 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bisaya, n.o.s. 225 80 145 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cebuano 655 230 430 0.1 0.1 0.1
Fijian 40 20 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hiligaynon 570 210 360 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ilocano 1,840 760 1,080 0.3 0.2 0.3
Indonesian 1,085 490 595 0.2 0.2 0.2
Kankanaey 45 20 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kinaray-a 50 15 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malagasy languages 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Merina 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malagasy, n.o.s. 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malay 85 45 40 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 210 95 120 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pangasinan 105 40 65 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 18,675 7,450 11,220 2.9 2.3 3.4
Waray-Waray 65 25 40 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 250 105 145 0.0 0.0 0.0
Creole languages 100 50 55 0.0 0.0 0.0
Haitian Creole 20 10 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jamaican English Creole 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Krio 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Morisyen 35 15 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sango 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Creole, n.o.s. 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 30 10 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dravidian languages 3,015 1,730 1,285 0.5 0.5 0.4
Kannada 140 75 65 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malayalam 580 340 235 0.1 0.1 0.1
Tamil 1,615 855 755 0.2 0.3 0.2
Telugu 665 450 215 0.1 0.1 0.1
Tulu 15 5 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Georgian 25 15 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indo-European languages 86,610 42,565 44,040 13.2 13.3 13.2
Albanian 170 90 80 0.0 0.0 0.0
Armenian 315 165 150 0.0 0.1 0.0
Balto-Slavic languages 14,805 6,655 8,150 2.3 2.1 2.4
Baltic languages 250 90 160 0.0 0.0 0.0
Latvian 95 40 60 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lithuanian 150 50 105 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slavic languages 14,555 6,565 7,990 2.2 2.0 2.4
Belarusian 15 5 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bulgarian 435 185 250 0.1 0.1 0.1
Czech 1,000 490 510 0.2 0.2 0.2
Macedonian 80 40 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Polish 2,505 1,125 1,380 0.4 0.4 0.4
Russian 5,155 2,235 2,920 0.8 0.7 0.9
Rusyn 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 3,735 1,775 1,965 0.6 0.6 0.6
Bosnian 355 160 190 0.1 0.0 0.1
Croatian 1,120 505 615 0.2 0.2 0.2
Serbian 2,185 1,065 1,120 0.3 0.3 0.3
Serbo-Croatian, n.i.e. 80 40 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovak 615 275 335 0.1 0.1 0.1
Slovene (Slovenian) 135 60 75 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ukrainian 865 360 500 0.1 0.1 0.1
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Celtic languages 100 70 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Irish 45 35 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Welsh 40 25 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Germanic languages 7,450 3,660 3,785 1.1 1.1 1.1
Frisian 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
High German languages 5,050 2,400 2,650 0.8 0.7 0.8
German 4,725 2,245 2,475 0.7 0.7 0.7
Pennsylvania German 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swiss German 220 105 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yiddish 100 45 55 0.0 0.0 0.0
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages 1,530 825 705 0.2 0.3 0.2
Afrikaans 300 160 140 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dutch 1,150 620 525 0.2 0.2 0.2
Low German, n.o.s. 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Low Saxon 10 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Plautdietsch 25 15 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 40 25 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 845 420 430 0.1 0.1 0.1
Danish 315 170 150 0.0 0.1 0.0
Icelandic 35 15 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Norwegian 150 75 75 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swedish 350 165 190 0.1 0.1 0.1
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Greek 1,870 945 930 0.3 0.3 0.3
Indo-Iranian languages 33,155 16,695 16,455 5.1 5.2 4.9
Indo-Aryan languages 22,110 11,140 10,970 3.4 3.5 3.3
Assamese 15 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bengali 1,065 620 445 0.2 0.2 0.1
Gujarati 1,075 555 515 0.2 0.2 0.2
Hindi 4,355 2,265 2,090 0.7 0.7 0.6
Kacchi 185 80 105 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kashmiri 20 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Konkani 50 25 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Marathi 300 160 140 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nepali 210 115 95 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oriya languages 25 15 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Odia 20 15 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oriya, n.o.s. 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 13,305 6,435 6,865 2.0 2.0 2.1
Rohingya 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sindhi 35 20 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 255 140 120 0.0 0.0 0.0
Urdu 1,125 640 485 0.2 0.2 0.1
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e. 90 45 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iranian languages 11,035 5,555 5,480 1.7 1.7 1.6
Baluchi 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kurdish 555 295 260 0.1 0.1 0.1
Parsi 15 10 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pashto 140 80 60 0.0 0.0 0.0
Persian languages 10,315 5,160 5,160 1.6 1.6 1.5
Dari 420 205 210 0.1 0.1 0.1
Iranian Persian 8,900 4,440 4,460 1.4 1.4 1.3
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s. 1,000 510 485 0.2 0.2 0.1
Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 28,740 14,290 14,445 4.4 4.5 4.3
Catalan 90 55 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Italian 4,000 1,990 2,010 0.6 0.6 0.6
Portuguese 6,740 3,250 3,495 1.0 1.0 1.0
Romanian 1,150 530 620 0.2 0.2 0.2
Spanish 16,735 8,460 8,275 2.6 2.6 2.5
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indo-European languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Japanese 7,150 2,305 4,840 1.1 0.7 1.4
Korean 8,605 3,480 5,130 1.3 1.1 1.5
Mongolian 160 70 85 0.0 0.0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 580 310 270 0.1 0.1 0.1
Akan (Twi) 55 40 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Éwé 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ga 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ganda 25 10 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gikuyu 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Igbo 25 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 40 25 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lingala 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Luba-Kasai 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mòoré 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mwani 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ndebele 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 15 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Shona 45 25 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Soninke 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sotho-Tswana languages 10 5 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swahili 140 65 75 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wojenaka 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wolof 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yoruba 45 35 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 90 60 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 60 30 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dinka 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuer 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 45 25 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
African, n.o.s. 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sign languages 95 45 50 0.0 0.0 0.0
American Sign Language 80 40 40 0.0 0.0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 125,120 55,180 69,940 19.1 17.2 20.9
Chinese languages 124,730 54,985 69,745 19.0 17.1 20.9
Hakka 640 275 365 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mandarin 41,695 17,570 24,125 6.4 5.5 7.2
Min Dong 65 25 40 0.0 0.0 0.0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,105 1,315 1,785 0.5 0.4 0.5
Wu (Shanghainese) 850 355 495 0.1 0.1 0.1
Yue (Cantonese) 77,435 35,015 42,415 11.8 10.9 12.7
Chinese, n.o.s. 910 410 505 0.1 0.1 0.2
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 30 10 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages 375 185 185 0.1 0.1 0.1
Burmese 255 130 125 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kuki-Chin languages 35 15 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
S'gaw Karen 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Karenic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tibetan 50 30 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 905 295 610 0.1 0.1 0.2
Lao 85 45 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thai 770 230 540 0.1 0.1 0.2
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 50 20 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkic languages 1,755 960 795 0.3 0.3 0.2
Azerbaijani 145 80 65 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kazakh 35 15 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkish 1,500 835 665 0.2 0.3 0.2
Uyghur 30 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uzbek 10 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 10 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uralic languages 1,520 680 840 0.2 0.2 0.3
Estonian 90 40 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Finnish 395 145 250 0.1 0.0 0.1
Hungarian 1,040 500 540 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Multiple responses 35,655 16,975 18,680 5.4 5.3 5.6
English and French 2,870 1,415 1,455 0.4 0.4 0.4
English and non-official language(s) 28,165 13,545 14,620 4.3 4.2 4.4
French and non-official language(s) 605 290 315 0.1 0.1 0.1
English, French and non-official language(s) 640 285 355 0.1 0.1 0.1
Multiple non-official languages 3,370 1,435 1,935 0.5 0.4 0.6
All languages spoken at home
Total - All languages spoken at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data40 654,825 320,740 334,090 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 363,455 186,725 176,730 55.5 58.2 52.9
French 2,430 1,225 1,200 0.4 0.4 0.4
Non-official language 92,070 40,670 51,400 14.1 12.7 15.4
Indigenous39 45 25 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Non-Indigenous 92,025 40,645 51,380 14.1 12.7 15.4
English and French 8,325 4,035 4,285 1.3 1.3 1.3
English and non-official language(s) 174,100 81,685 92,415 26.6 25.5 27.7
French and non-official language(s) 245 115 130 0.0 0.0 0.0
English, French and non-official language(s) 4,690 2,210 2,475 0.7 0.7 0.7
Multiple non-official languages 9,525 4,080 5,445 1.5 1.3 1.6
Language spoken most often at home
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data41 654,825 320,740 334,090 100.0 100.0 100.0
Single responses 617,450 303,250 314,195 94.3 94.5 94.0
Official languages 450,825 228,080 222,740 68.8 71.1 66.7
English 446,870 226,125 220,745 68.2 70.5 66.1
French 3,955 1,955 1,995 0.6 0.6 0.6
Non-official languages 166,620 75,170 91,455 25.4 23.4 27.4
Indigenous languages39 60 35 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Algonquian languages 25 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cree-Innu languages 15 5 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cree languages 15 5 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ililimowin (Moose Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inu Ayimun (Southern East Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iyiyiw-Ayimiwin (Northern East Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nehinawewin (Swampy Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nehiyawewin (Plains Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nihithawiwin (Woods Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Innu (Montagnais) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wolastoqewi (Malecite) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Anicinabemowin (Algonquin) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ojibway languages 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Anishinaabemowin (Chippewa) 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Daawaamwin (Odawa) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saulteau (Western Ojibway) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ojibway, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Athabaskan languages 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dakelh (Carrier) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dane-zaa (Beaver) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dene, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Deh Gah Ghotie Zhatie (South Slavey) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Satuotine Yati (North Slavey) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tse'khene (Sekani) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsuu T'ina (Sarsi) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wetsuwet'en-Babine 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Haida 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuktut (Inuit) languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuktut (Inuit) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iroquoian languages 15 10 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oneida 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ktunaxa (Kutenai) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Michif 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ntlakapamux (Thompson) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Secwepemctsin (Shuswap) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Squamish 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Straits 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Syilx (Okanagan) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Assiniboine 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dakota 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsimshian languages 15 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nisga'a 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Haisla 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kwak'wala (Kwakiutl) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indigenous languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indigenous languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Non-Indigenous languages 166,565 75,135 91,425 25.4 23.4 27.4
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,190 1,100 1,085 0.3 0.3 0.3
Berber languages 20 5 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kabyle 10 10 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tamazight 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chadic languages 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hausa 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mina 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coptic 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cushitic languages 115 55 55 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bilen 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oromo 50 25 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Somali 65 35 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Semitic languages 2,055 1,035 1,015 0.3 0.3 0.3
Amharic 85 45 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Arabic 1,275 655 620 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aramaic languages 60 25 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 25 5 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 35 15 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aramaic, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Harari 10 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hebrew 510 265 245 0.1 0.1 0.1
Maltese 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tigrigna 120 45 70 0.0 0.0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,885 3,540 4,345 1.2 1.1 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 105 45 60 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vietnamese 7,755 3,480 4,275 1.2 1.1 1.3
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 30 20 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austronesian languages 13,285 5,605 7,675 2.0 1.7 2.3
Bikol 35 15 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bisaya, n.o.s. 75 25 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cebuano 300 110 185 0.0 0.0 0.1
Fijian 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hiligaynon 305 130 175 0.0 0.0 0.1
Ilocano 980 440 545 0.1 0.1 0.2
Indonesian 380 195 185 0.1 0.1 0.1
Kankanaey 30 15 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kinaray-a 35 10 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malagasy languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Merina 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malagasy, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malay 20 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 110 50 60 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pangasinan 35 15 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 10,835 4,520 6,315 1.7 1.4 1.9
Waray-Waray 35 15 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 100 45 55 0.0 0.0 0.0
Creole languages 40 15 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Haitian Creole 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jamaican English Creole 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Krio 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Morisyen 20 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sango 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,755 955 805 0.3 0.3 0.2
Kannada 35 20 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malayalam 310 180 135 0.0 0.1 0.0
Tamil 1,025 515 505 0.2 0.2 0.2
Telugu 370 235 140 0.1 0.1 0.0
Tulu 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Georgian 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indo-European languages 41,915 20,215 21,700 6.4 6.3 6.5
Albanian 50 25 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Armenian 145 75 70 0.0 0.0 0.0
Balto-Slavic languages 6,070 2,820 3,255 0.9 0.9 1.0
Baltic languages 50 20 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Latvian 10 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lithuanian 40 15 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slavic languages 6,025 2,795 3,230 0.9 0.9 1.0
Belarusian 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bulgarian 175 75 95 0.0 0.0 0.0
Czech 340 175 170 0.1 0.1 0.1
Macedonian 40 20 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Polish 720 335 385 0.1 0.1 0.1
Russian 2,570 1,175 1,395 0.4 0.4 0.4
Rusyn 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 1,640 770 875 0.3 0.2 0.3
Bosnian 140 60 80 0.0 0.0 0.0
Croatian 350 155 195 0.1 0.0 0.1
Serbian 1,135 550 585 0.2 0.2 0.2
Serbo-Croatian, n.i.e. 15 5 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovak 235 110 130 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 25 10 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ukrainian 265 120 140 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Celtic languages 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Irish 10 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Welsh 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Germanic languages 1,080 520 555 0.2 0.2 0.2
Frisian 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
High German languages 760 355 400 0.1 0.1 0.1
German 725 340 385 0.1 0.1 0.1
Pennsylvania German 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swiss German 35 20 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages 195 105 95 0.0 0.0 0.0
Afrikaans 60 30 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dutch 130 70 60 0.0 0.0 0.0
Low German, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Low Saxon 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Plautdietsch 0 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 120 55 65 0.0 0.0 0.0
Danish 40 20 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Norwegian 20 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swedish 55 25 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Greek 745 335 410 0.1 0.1 0.1
Indo-Iranian languages 19,390 9,400 9,990 3.0 2.9 3.0
Indo-Aryan languages 12,650 6,205 6,445 1.9 1.9 1.9
Assamese 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bengali 560 300 260 0.1 0.1 0.1
Gujarati 400 195 210 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hindi 2,100 1,050 1,055 0.3 0.3 0.3
Kacchi 50 20 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kashmiri 10 10 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Marathi 115 60 55 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nepali 110 55 60 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oriya languages 5 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Odia 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oriya, n.o.s. 5 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 8,505 4,100 4,400 1.3 1.3 1.3
Rohingya 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sindhi 15 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 115 55 60 0.0 0.0 0.0
Urdu 620 325 295 0.1 0.1 0.1
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e. 25 15 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iranian languages 6,735 3,195 3,545 1.0 1.0 1.1
Baluchi 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kurdish 340 160 180 0.1 0.0 0.1
Parsi 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pashto 90 45 40 0.0 0.0 0.0
Persian languages 6,305 2,980 3,325 1.0 0.9 1.0
Dari 220 95 125 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iranian Persian 5,550 2,625 2,925 0.8 0.8 0.9
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s. 535 260 275 0.1 0.1 0.1
Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 14,425 7,035 7,385 2.2 2.2 2.2
Catalan 35 20 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Italian 1,400 600 800 0.2 0.2 0.2
Portuguese 3,995 1,905 2,090 0.6 0.6 0.6
Romanian 385 180 200 0.1 0.1 0.1
Spanish 8,600 4,330 4,270 1.3 1.4 1.3
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indo-European languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Japanese 3,620 1,465 2,150 0.6 0.5 0.6
Korean 5,100 2,200 2,905 0.8 0.7 0.9
Mongolian 75 40 40 0.0 0.0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 125 55 65 0.0 0.0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Éwé 5 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ga 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ganda 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gikuyu 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Igbo 5 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Luba-Kasai 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mòoré 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mwani 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ndebele 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 10 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Shona 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Soninke 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sotho-Tswana languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swahili 40 15 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wojenaka 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yoruba 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 25 10 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dinka 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuer 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 20 10 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
African, n.o.s. 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sign languages 165 85 80 0.0 0.0 0.0
American Sign Language 125 65 60 0.0 0.0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 40 15 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 88,935 39,190 49,745 13.6 12.2 14.9
Chinese languages 88,715 39,085 49,630 13.5 12.2 14.9
Hakka 210 95 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mandarin 30,925 13,425 17,500 4.7 4.2 5.2
Min Dong 40 15 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,525 660 865 0.2 0.2 0.3
Wu (Shanghainese) 485 225 255 0.1 0.1 0.1
Yue (Cantonese) 54,920 24,400 30,515 8.4 7.6 9.1
Chinese, n.o.s. 610 260 345 0.1 0.1 0.1
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages 210 100 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
Burmese 150 75 75 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kuki-Chin languages 20 5 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
S'gaw Karen 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Karenic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tibetan 20 10 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 330 120 205 0.1 0.0 0.1
Lao 20 10 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thai 280 105 175 0.0 0.0 0.1
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 30 15 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkic languages 765 385 380 0.1 0.1 0.1
Azerbaijani 70 30 40 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kazakh 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkish 685 350 335 0.1 0.1 0.1
Uyghur 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uralic languages 320 135 185 0.0 0.0 0.1
Estonian 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Finnish 95 40 60 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hungarian 220 95 125 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Multiple responses 37,380 17,490 19,895 5.7 5.5 6.0
English and French 1,595 795 795 0.2 0.2 0.2
English and non-official language(s) 34,170 15,985 18,185 5.2 5.0 5.4
French and non-official language(s) 105 50 55 0.0 0.0 0.0
English, French and non-official language(s) 315 160 155 0.0 0.0 0.0
Multiple non-official languages 1,205 505 700 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other language spoken regularly at home
Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data42 654,830 320,740 334,085 100.0 100.0 100.0
None 488,985 243,150 245,835 74.7 75.8 73.6
English 57,925 27,110 30,815 8.8 8.5 9.2
French 6,335 3,050 3,285 1.0 1.0 1.0
Non-official language 80,100 37,360 42,740 12.2 11.6 12.8
Indigenous39 245 105 140 0.0 0.0 0.0
Non-Indigenous 79,850 37,250 42,600 12.2 11.6 12.8
English and French 515 240 275 0.1 0.1 0.1
English and non-official language(s) 9,025 4,175 4,850 1.4 1.3 1.5
French and non-official language(s) 2,720 1,270 1,450 0.4 0.4 0.4
English, French and non-official language(s) 150 65 85 0.0 0.0 0.0
Multiple non-official languages 9,075 4,325 4,755 1.4 1.3 1.4
Knowledge of languagesThe letter 'c' in a yellow triangle indicates a correction notice.
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample data43 650,385 317,885 332,495 100.0 100.0 100.0
Official languages 612,560 302,865 309,695 94.2 95.3 93.1
English 612,215 302,725 309,485 94.1 95.2 93.1
French 60,990 27,755 33,235 9.4 8.7 10.0
Non-official languages 355,425 163,885 191,540 54.6 51.6 57.6
Indigenous languages39 595 240 360 0.1 0.1 0.1
Algonquian languages 235 85 150 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cree-Innu languages 155 55 100 0.0 0.0 0.0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cree languages 155 55 100 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ililimowin (Moose Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inu Ayimun (Southern East Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iyiyiw-Ayimiwin (Northern East Cree) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nehinawewin (Swampy Cree) 15 0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nehiyawewin (Plains Cree) 65 40 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nihithawiwin (Woods Cree) 15 0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 60 10 50 0.0 0.0 0.0
Innu (Montagnais) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wolastoqewi (Malecite) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 70 25 40 0.0 0.0 0.0
Anicinabemowin (Algonquin) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ojibway languages 55 25 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Anishinaabemowin (Chippewa) 15 0 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Daawaamwin (Odawa) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saulteau (Western Ojibway) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ojibway, n.o.s. 35 15 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Athabaskan languages 90 25 65 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northern Athabaskan languages 75 20 65 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dakelh (Carrier) 35 0 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dane-zaa (Beaver) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dene, n.o.s. 10 0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slavey-Hare languages 10 0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Deh Gah Ghotie Zhatie (South Slavey) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Satuotine Yati (North Slavey) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tse'khene (Sekani) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsuu T'ina (Sarsi) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wetsuwet'en-Babine 15 0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tlingit 10 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Haida 25 0 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuktut (Inuit) languages 15 10 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuktitut 15 10 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuktut (Inuit) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iroquoian languages 30 25 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mohawk 30 25 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oneida 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ktunaxa (Kutenai) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Michif 20 10 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Salish languages 60 30 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lillooet 10 0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ntlakapamux (Thompson) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Secwepemctsin (Shuswap) 15 15 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Squamish 10 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Straits 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Syilx (Okanagan) 20 0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Siouan languages 10 0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Assiniboine 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dakota 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsimshian languages 55 35 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nisga'a 30 15 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsimshian 25 15 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wakashan languages 55 15 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Haisla 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heiltsuk 20 10 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kwak'wala (Kwakiutl) 20 0 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indigenous languages, n.i.e. 25 0 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indigenous languages, n.o.s. 10 0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Non-Indigenous languages 354,885 163,680 191,205 54.6 51.5 57.5
Afro-Asiatic languages 8,650 4,705 3,940 1.3 1.5 1.2
Berber languages 40 25 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kabyle 35 25 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tamazight 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chadic languages 35 25 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hausa 25 20 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mina 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coptic 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cushitic languages 385 205 180 0.1 0.1 0.1
Bilen 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oromo 145 75 70 0.0 0.0 0.0
Somali 240 130 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Semitic languages 8,300 4,525 3,775 1.3 1.4 1.1
Amharic 470 250 220 0.1 0.1 0.1
Arabic 4,900 2,855 2,045 0.8 0.9 0.6
Aramaic languages 70 45 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 15 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 45 20 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aramaic, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Harari 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hebrew 2,815 1,360 1,455 0.4 0.4 0.4
Maltese 20 20 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tigrigna 305 140 170 0.0 0.0 0.1
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 15,195 6,795 8,395 2.3 2.1 2.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 325 155 180 0.0 0.0 0.1
Vietnamese 14,905 6,665 8,240 2.3 2.1 2.5
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austronesian languages 33,950 13,630 20,320 5.2 4.3 6.1
Bikol 170 80 90 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bisaya, n.o.s. 245 80 160 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cebuano 1,060 435 630 0.2 0.1 0.2
Fijian 160 60 100 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hiligaynon 885 320 560 0.1 0.1 0.2
Ilocano 3,295 1,355 1,935 0.5 0.4 0.6
Indonesian 1,805 880 925 0.3 0.3 0.3
Kankanaey 75 30 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kinaray-a 70 25 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malagasy languages 15 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Merina 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malagasy, n.o.s. 10 0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malay 815 420 395 0.1 0.1 0.1
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 300 135 165 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pangasinan 230 80 150 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30,430 11,955 18,480 4.7 3.8 5.6
Waray-Waray 160 45 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 680 280 400 0.1 0.1 0.1
Creole languages 320 185 130 0.0 0.1 0.0
Haitian Creole 65 40 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jamaican English Creole 15 0 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Krio 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Morisyen 50 35 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sango 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Creole, n.o.s. 100 60 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 75 45 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dravidian languages 4,730 2,670 2,055 0.7 0.8 0.6
Kannada 330 195 140 0.1 0.1 0.0
Malayalam 965 565 400 0.1 0.2 0.1
Tamil 2,670 1,430 1,240 0.4 0.4 0.4
Telugu 1,110 690 415 0.2 0.2 0.1
Tulu 50 30 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Georgian 40 30 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indo-European languages 129,460 63,750 65,710 19.9 20.1 19.8
Albanian 225 120 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
Armenian 355 170 185 0.1 0.1 0.1
Balto-Slavic languages 18,335 8,490 9,850 2.8 2.7 3.0
Baltic languages 295 110 190 0.0 0.0 0.1
Latvian 130 45 85 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lithuanian 165 65 105 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slavic languages 18,105 8,425 9,685 2.8 2.7 2.9
Belarusian 55 20 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bulgarian 510 245 265 0.1 0.1 0.1
Czech 1,435 725 710 0.2 0.2 0.2
Macedonian 105 60 50 0.0 0.0 0.0
Polish 3,085 1,445 1,640 0.5 0.5 0.5
Russian 7,620 3,365 4,255 1.2 1.1 1.3
Rusyn 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 4,660 2,245 2,415 0.7 0.7 0.7
Bosnian 875 385 490 0.1 0.1 0.1
Croatian 2,010 935 1,070 0.3 0.3 0.3
Serbian 2,975 1,470 1,505 0.5 0.5 0.5
Serbo-Croatian, n.i.e. 140 65 70 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovak 825 400 430 0.1 0.1 0.1
Slovene (Slovenian) 205 105 95 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ukrainian 1,945 860 1,085 0.3 0.3 0.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Celtic languages 1,255 685 565 0.2 0.2 0.2
Irish 1,035 565 470 0.2 0.2 0.1
Scottish Gaelic 35 20 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Welsh 130 75 60 0.0 0.0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 50 30 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Germanic languages 15,535 7,665 7,865 2.4 2.4 2.4
Frisian 25 10 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
High German languages 11,430 5,660 5,770 1.8 1.8 1.7
German 11,050 5,480 5,565 1.7 1.7 1.7
Pennsylvania German 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swiss German 330 145 185 0.1 0.0 0.1
Yiddish 240 115 125 0.0 0.0 0.0
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages 2,895 1,560 1,335 0.4 0.5 0.4
Afrikaans 1,015 565 445 0.2 0.2 0.1
Dutch 1,860 965 900 0.3 0.3 0.3
Low German, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Low Saxon 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Plautdietsch 30 20 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 70 40 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 1,805 785 1,020 0.3 0.2 0.3
Danish 565 280 285 0.1 0.1 0.1
Icelandic 40 20 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Norwegian 405 145 260 0.1 0.0 0.1
Swedish 910 395 510 0.1 0.1 0.2
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Greek 3,055 1,555 1,500 0.5 0.5 0.5
Indo-Iranian languages 45,935 23,365 22,570 7.1 7.4 6.8
Indo-Aryan languages 33,070 16,905 16,165 5.1 5.3 4.9
Assamese 15 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bengali 1,675 950 725 0.3 0.3 0.2
Gujarati 1,840 895 935 0.3 0.3 0.3
Hindi 15,025 7,830 7,190 2.3 2.5 2.2
Kacchi 405 165 245 0.1 0.1 0.1
Kashmiri 20 15 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Konkani 150 95 55 0.0 0.0 0.0
Marathi 665 385 280 0.1 0.1 0.1
Nepali 325 185 140 0.0 0.1 0.0
Oriya languages 50 30 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Odia 30 20 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oriya, n.o.s. 20 15 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 19,130 9,570 9,555 2.9 3.0 2.9
Rohingya 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sindhi 75 30 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 610 275 340 0.1 0.1 0.1
Urdu 2,515 1,460 1,055 0.4 0.5 0.3
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e. 250 115 140 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iranian languages 13,100 6,615 6,485 2.0 2.1 2.0
Baluchi 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kurdish 800 425 370 0.1 0.1 0.1
Parsi 50 25 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pashto 230 160 70 0.0 0.1 0.0
Persian languages 12,330 6,185 6,145 1.9 1.9 1.8
Dari 575 255 320 0.1 0.1 0.1
Iranian Persian 10,805 5,425 5,370 1.7 1.7 1.6
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s. 1,050 540 505 0.2 0.2 0.2
Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 55 30 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 50,560 24,575 25,980 7.8 7.7 7.8
Catalan 280 140 140 0.0 0.0 0.0
Italian 7,740 3,710 4,030 1.2 1.2 1.2
Portuguese 8,715 4,260 4,460 1.3 1.3 1.3
Romanian 1,475 690 780 0.2 0.2 0.2
Spanish 36,500 17,885 18,615 5.6 5.6 5.6
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 95 50 50 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indo-European languages, n.i.e. 100 55 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Japanese 12,075 4,980 7,100 1.9 1.6 2.1
Korean 10,480 4,270 6,210 1.6 1.3 1.9
Mongolian 210 95 120 0.0 0.0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 1,395 750 645 0.2 0.2 0.2
Akan (Twi) 90 50 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bamanankan 10 10 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Éwé 40 10 25 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ga 15 10 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ganda 75 40 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gikuyu 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Igbo 70 35 40 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 70 40 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lingala 25 10 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Luba-Kasai 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mòoré 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mwani 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ndebele 20 10 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 30 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Shona 90 40 50 0.0 0.0 0.0
Soninke 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sotho-Tswana languages 10 10 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swahili 610 350 265 0.1 0.1 0.1
Wojenaka 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wolof 30 15 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yoruba 150 80 65 0.0 0.0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 220 150 70 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 105 55 50 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dinka 15 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuer 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 80 50 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
African, n.o.s. 35 25 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sign languages 775 320 455 0.1 0.1 0.1
American Sign Language 700 280 415 0.1 0.1 0.1
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 105 45 60 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 148,095 66,600 81,490 22.8 21.0 24.5
Chinese languages 147,655 66,365 81,285 22.7 20.9 24.4
Hakka 970 495 470 0.1 0.2 0.1
Mandarin 74,695 32,335 42,355 11.5 10.2 12.7
Min Dong 65 25 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 5,810 2,440 3,370 0.9 0.8 1.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,270 520 745 0.2 0.2 0.2
Yue (Cantonese) 96,965 44,045 52,915 14.9 13.9 15.9
Chinese, n.o.s. 740 325 415 0.1 0.1 0.1
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 50 35 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages 530 285 245 0.1 0.1 0.1
Burmese 365 200 170 0.1 0.1 0.1
Kuki-Chin languages 60 20 40 0.0 0.0 0.0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
S'gaw Karen 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Karenic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tibetan 85 45 45 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 50 35 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 25 10 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,545 610 930 0.2 0.2 0.3
Lao 150 65 85 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thai 1,380 535 850 0.2 0.2 0.3
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 50 20 30 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkic languages 2,785 1,385 1,395 0.4 0.4 0.4
Azerbaijani 370 185 190 0.1 0.1 0.1
Kazakh 65 10 55 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkish 2,500 1,270 1,230 0.4 0.4 0.4
Uyghur 15 0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uzbek 40 20 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 50 30 20 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uralic languages 1,805 835 970 0.3 0.3 0.3
Estonian 140 60 85 0.0 0.0 0.0
Finnish 385 175 215 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hungarian 1,285 610 675 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other languages, n.i.e. 85 45 35 0.0 0.0 0.0

Note: Gender

Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman).

Gender includes the following concepts:

  • gender identity, which refers to the gender that a person feels internally and individually;
  • gender expression, which refers to the way a person presents their gender, regardless of their gender identity, through body language, aesthetic choices or accessories (e.g., clothes, hairstyle and makeup), which may have traditionally been associated with a specific gender.

A person's gender may differ from their sex at birth, and from what is indicated on their current identification or legal documents such as their birth certificate, passport or driver's licence. A person's gender may change over time.

Some people may not identify with a specific gender.

Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary persons" are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "＋" symbol.

"Men＋" includes men (and/or boys), as well as some non-binary persons.

"Women＋" includes women (and/or girls), as well as some non-binary persons.

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2023. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001. Ottawa. Released November 15, 2023.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed May 23, 2024).

Note(s):

Footnote 36

Knowledge of official languages refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.

Footnote 37

First official language spoken refers to the first official language (English or French) spoken by the person.

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.

Footnote 38

Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the person at the time the data was collected. If the person no longer understands the first language learned, the mother tongue is the second language learned. For a person who learned more than one language at the same time in early childhood, the mother tongue is the language this person spoke most often at home before starting school. The person has more than one mother tongue only if they learned these languages at the same time, and still understands them. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, the mother tongue is the language spoken most often to this child at home. A child who has not yet learned to speak has more than one mother tongue only if these languages are spoken to them equally often so that the child learns these languages at the same time.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere

n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.

Footnote 39

Users should be aware that estimates associated with Indigenous languages are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain reserves and settlements in the Census of Population.

Footnote 40

All languages spoken at home refers to all languages that the person speaks at home on a regular basis at the time of data collection.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere

n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.

Footnote 41

Language spoken most often at home refers to the language the person speaks most often at home at the time of data collection. A person can report more than one language as "spoken most often at home" if the languages are spoken equally often.

For a person who lives alone, the language spoken most often at home is the language in which they feel most comfortable. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this is the language spoken most often to the child at home. Where more than one language is spoken to the child, the language spoken most often at home is the language spoken most often. If more than one language is spoken equally often to the child, then these languages are included here.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere

n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.

Footnote 42

Other language(s) spoken regularly at home refers to the language(s), if any, that the person speaks at home on a regular basis at the time of data collection, other than the language(s) they speak most often at home.

Comparisons to previous Census data is not recommended for the 'Other languages spoken regularly at home' variable.

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.

Footnote 43

Knowledge of official languages refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

Knowledge of non-official languages refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in a language other than English or French. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home. The number of languages that can be reported may vary between surveys, depending on the objectives of the survey.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere

n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.

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